David Weldon: “Well, you know, you touch on a real fundamental issue of this city, in my opinion. Before I came here I practiced…”

“Well, you know, you touch on a real fundamental issue of this city, in my opinion. Before I came here I practiced medicine in Melbourne, Florida, for eight years. Prior to that, I practiced medicine in the Army. I was an Army doctor. I was not really used to all the crazy stuff that goes on in this city. But one of the things I have learned very quickly is if you, if the President or some of his colleagues here in the House or Senate have an idea, and they all think it is a great idea, everybody thinks their kids are beautiful and their ideas are brilliant, so they come up with an idea and they think it is a great idea, they are going to improve education in America by establishing this national test. So, because you oppose it, then, oh, you must be anti-education. We were trying to fix Medicare last year, trying to preserve it so it would be there for senior citizens, seniors like my dad. They did not like our plan, so, therefore, we suddenly hated seniors and we hated Medicare, and they ran around misquoting Newt Gingrich saying he said Medicare was going to wither on the vine. He was talking about the bureaucracy here in Washington that screwed things up. Anyway, to get back to the issue, that is the theme always, always the attack. You do not like their agenda; therefore, you do not like education.”